Q 01/05

Which company published the home console versions of the original Mortal Kombat in 1993?

A) Capcom

B) Acclaim

C) Sega

D) Konami

Answer · why

B) Acclaim

Midway made the arcade game, but the console launch was Acclaim's show, and by November 1993 it had shipped more than three million copies across the ...

Q 02/05

The first game's launch on four home systems on 13 September 1993 was marketed as what?

A) Kombat Kickoff

B) Fatality Friday

C) Mortal Monday

D) Bloody Sunday

Answer · why

C) Mortal Monday

TV ads counted down to the day; the sequel repeated the trick a year later with a 'Mortal Friday' that shipped 2.5 million copies using 65 trucks and ...

Q 03/05

Per Ed Boon, which pinball designer saw 'Kombat' on a whiteboard and suggested the title Mortal Kombat?

A) Eugene Jarvis

B) Pat Lawlor

C) Larry DeMar

D) Steve Ritchie

Answer · why

D) Steve Ritchie

The same man later supplied the voice of Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat II, so the emperor's taunts come from the person who named the game.

Q 04/05

Which of these was a working title floated before the team settled on Mortal Kombat?

A) Dragon Attack

B) Iron Fist

C) Blood Tournament

D) Street Warrior

Answer · why

A) Dragon Attack

Kumite, Death Blow and simply Fatality were also on the list; Boon said that for six months nobody could come up with a name nobody hated.

Q 05/05

What was Mortal Kombat's Sonya called when the character was still a male Special Forces agent?

A) Stryker

B) Briggs

C) Hunter

D) Kurtis

Answer · why

A) Stryker

The name and the riot-cop concept were recycled for a brand-new fighter two games later, which is why he feels like a leftover from an earlier era.